Word: amid
(lookup in dictionary)
(lookup stats)
Dates: all
Sort By: most recent first
(reverse)
...Before the formation of the UC, undergraduate governance was limited to the Student Assembly, founded in 1978 amid a wave of student activism. The body quickly became frustrated by its lack of power, largely because it was not recognized by the College...
...August of that year, Reagan had indeed tapped Bush to be his Number Two -- in part to unify the party, because the other options were worse, but also because Bush would have been a credible president if anything happened to a 68-year-old Reagan. Amid all the talk about who McCain might pick as his partner today, it's wholly accurate to say Mitt Romney is unlikely to get that call from Sedona. There is no love between McCain and Romney; the two men don't care for each other, come from different wings of their party and have...
...much every week to do away with it. The problem is that the country's trade unions are as ferociously committed to defending it as an entitlement, leaving the government of President Nicolas Sarkozy appearing to speak from both sides of its mouth on the politically-charged issue. And amid the cacophony and confusion, employees remain suspicious that the government is seeking to extend the working week by stealth...
...According to a study by Stanford and University of Pennsylvania researchers, about $129,000. Using Medicare records on treatment costs for kidney dialysis as a benchmark, the authors tried to pinpoint the threshold beyond which ensuring another "quality" year of life was no longer financially worthwhile. The study comes amid debate over whether Medicare should start rationing health care on a cost-effectiveness basis, as many other nations do. While the Stanford figure may seem low, it's actually an upward revision. The number most cost-benefit analyses use to determine whether to cover a new medical procedure...
...AMID AFTERSHOCKS, PARENTS PROTEST In the wake of the May 12 earthquake that killed at least 68,000 people--including an estimated 10,000 children--Beijing has announced that it will relax its strict one-child policy for parents left childless by the disaster. Grieving parents protested in the town of Mianzhu on May 25, as a local official pleaded with them to stop (above). The parents demanded that the government investigate why thousands of schools crumbled in the quake, amid claims that government corruption and shoddy construction left such "tofu dregs" buildings prone to collapse. Powerful aftershocks struck Sichuan...